St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-22
: Assistant District Attorney
Tells What the PpoSeeu-
ton Intends to Prove.
Half a Dozen Witnesses EX-
amined---No Startling
Testimony 50 Far.
THE BARRETTs ON TRIAL.
AJury Secured and Several Wit
nesSes Examined.


of the main stairway and only allowed
persons having business in the courts
to pass. This kind of treatment
soon caused the crowd to dispense and
by 10 O'Clock the hall was almost de-
serted. The court room was so well
filled with witnesses and lawyers, when
the sheriff opened court at o'clock,
that scarcely a vacant seat could be
found in the room. The counsel con-
graduated the sheriff on his success IN
shutting out the crowd, thereby reliev-
ing the court room of the noise and
confusion which reigned on Monday
and Tuesday.
GETTING THE LAST JUROR.
The sheriff reported ten men present
Of the special venire which had been
drawn the previous day, and the work
Of securing the twelfth juror COM
menced. E. Q. Stone was the first name
called. He stated that he had de-
cided opinion in regard to the
guilt of the accused, and that it would
take stronger evidence than the Offense
could produce to change it, for he was
the man who had caused the arrest of
The Barrels for this crime. The court
excused him for actual bias, and Is.
Bantley was called and the following
discussion took place:
do you know anything about this case?''
Not much"
'Didyou read about it in the Newspapers
No"
Don't you read the papers?''
No have got the rheumatism and don't
have time"
Then you didn't read of this casey"
No, didn't think it of enough impor-
lance"
''Then a little thing like a cold-blooded
murder for $50 is too trivial matter to at
tract your attentions!
1T don't amount to much compared with
my rheumatism.
The prosecution peTemptOrily chal-
lenged him, ard the rest of the venire.
A new venire was drawn, and William
PawleS was the nrSt man called from it.
He said he was grocer doing business
on Franklin avenue, an EngllShman by
birth. and that he had taken out his first
papers three years ago. The court
records were called for and when
produced showed that the papers had
been issued by C.. n. Dickey,
who had neglected to sign the clerk of
courts name, or to affiX the seal of the
court. Mr.. Erwin challenged PawleS,
claiming that he was not citizen, but
was overruled by the court, and Pawles
was then sworn as a juror, MIR. Erwin
promptly excepting. This completed
the panel. Assistant Prosecutor Rob
ert Jameson then
OPENED THE CASE
for the state by stating that Tim and
Peter Barrett stopped car 132, driven
by Thomas TOllefSOn, Oh the night of
the Goth of last July, on Cedar avenue,
and demanded his money box; that
TOllefsOn grasped the box and, plac
it under his left arm, seized
Peter Barrett by the arms.
During the struggle Peters pistol was
discharged, the ball passing through
TOlefSOn'S leg. Tim Barrett then shot
TOllefsOn through the breast, seized the
money box and ran with his brother
through Layman'S cemeteryt0 a house on
Fort avenue. NO.2S34. where they entered
The next day they burned the envelopes
containing the money and cut the box
in pieces, and took them out to Rice
lake and threw them into the water.
The next day. when TOllefsOn was be-
ing buried, this man, Tim Barrett. was
engaged in filing nick in his
instrument of death to show that he
had taken one life. Mr.. Jameson then
said: 1--WE will verify all of this evil
dence by competent testimony"
OPENING EVIDENCE.
John McKinnOn was the first witness
sworn. and testified to having seen
TollefsOn lying dead on the front plat
form of his car, and to attending the
cOrOner'S inquest.
w. S. Spring, deputy coroner, teStl-
fed to the nature OF the wounds. He
said that with the assistance of DIR. ID.
+. Collins he made post mOrtem exam
inatiOn of the body of TOllefsOn and
found a gun-shOt wound in the right
thigh. The skin at the entrance of the
wound was burnt by powder, and
the bullet had passed horizontally
through the thigh, coming out one inch
below the bullock. The other wound
was in the breast, the bullet passing
left shoulder blade. The ball was found
under the skin covering the shoulder
blade He said the body was stripped
and that he did not see the clothing.
DIR. Collins was then called and gave
the same testimony, except that the
point of exit in the thigh wound was
about five inches above the point of Ell
trance, and that the ball passed upward
through the thigh at an angle
of about 4Oo. He also sale
that both he and DR.. Spring examined
the clothing and found marks of burnt
powder on both the pants and vest.
Ole E. Brecke. brOther-in-law o.
TOllefsOn, testified to seeing the body a
the morgue.
and Lolita WEIGH said her father was
section boss on the Hastings & Da
kOta road, and that they lived at 2S2=
Fort avenue. She testified to going
over to the Barretts' house on the even
ing of July % at about $3.50 or O'Clock
and that soon after her arrival Peter
Henry and Tim Barrett started VI
town to see the fire at the big Boston
Clothing stOre.'' She said Henry Bar
rett carried cane. On the crOSs-eXam
inatiOn she failed to remember wha
kind of cane it was, or whether h
wore coat or collar
were, but she was certain
he had a cane. She said Mr.. Jameson
had been to see her twice ard haC
talked to her about the Barretts. She
admitted that Mrs. Ellen Barrett haC
called to see her Dec. Is, but denied tina
she had told her that she was ava!
at work on the evening O
July %, or that she ha(
any conversation with her about he
bows. She afterward admitted telling
her that she had better see Mrs. lay
Tor, and that she might give her some
information about them. She admitted
that she was employed by Mrs. Meln
blocks from her during a par
of the month of July. She also ad
mitted that Mrs. Jameson had asked
her if Henry Barrett had a stick whel
he left the house to go to the fire. SHE
said her age was seventeen, and tina
she had sister named Maggie Mcleod
who was now at Mason City, 10. A
this point the case was adjourned unit
morning.
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